Movie
The Concrete Jungle
Overview
An unfortunate and naive girl is set up by her boyfriend and convicted of drug smuggling. She is sent to a women's correctional facility where she must constantly struggle to survive.
Details
- Release date
- 1982-10-03
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Ideal Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jill St. John as Warden Fletcher
- Tracey E. Bregman as Elizabeth
- BarBara Luna as Cat
- June Barrett as Icy
- Aimée Eccles as Spider
- Sondra Currie as Katherine
- Peter Brown as Danny
- Susan Mechsner as Breaker
- Karen Sheperd as Kung Fu
- Robert Miano as Stone
- Niki Dantine as Margo
- Nita Talbot as Shelly Meyers
Crew
- Tom DeSimone - Director
- Alan J. Adler - Screenplay
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